Guru Amar Das | |
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ਗੁਰੂ ਅਮਰ ਦਾਸ | |
 Late 18th century painting of Guru Amar Das | |
| Personal | |
| Born | Amar Das 5 May 1479 |
| Died | 1 September 1574 (aged 95) |
| Religion | Sikhism |
| Spouse | Mansa Devi |
| Children | Bhai Mohan (1507 - 1567) Bhai Mohri (1514 - 1569) Bibi Dani (1526 - 1569) Bibi Bhani (1532 - 1598) |
| Parent | Tej Bhan & Mata Lachmi Devi |
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| Other names | Third Master Third Nanak |
| Religious career | |
| Based in | Goindval |
| Period in office | 1552–1574 |
| Predecessor | Guru Angad |
| Successor | Guru Ramdas |
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Guru Amar Das (Gurmukhi: ਗੁਰੂ ਅਮਰ ਦਾਸ, pronunciation: [gʊɾuː əməɾᵊ d̯aːsᵊ]; 5 May 1479 – 1 September 1574), sometimes spelled as Guru Amardas, was the third of the Ten Gurus of Sikhism and became Sikh Guru on 26 March 1552 at age 73.[2][failed verification][3]
Before becoming a Sikh (Shishya from Sanskrit), on a pilgrimage after having been prompted to search for a guru, he heard his nephew's wife, Bibi Amro, reciting a hymn by Guru Nanak, and was deeply moved by it.[4] Amro was the daughter of Guru Angad, the second and then current Guru of the Sikhs. Amar Das persuaded Amro to introduce him to her father [5] and in 1539, Amar Das, at the age of sixty, met the current Guru (Guru Angad) and became a Sikh, devoting himself to the Guru.[6] In 1552, before his death, guru Angad appointed Amar Das as the third Guru of Sikhism.[7]
Guru Amar Das was an important innovator in the teachings of Guru who introduced a religious organization called the Manji system by appointing trained clergy, a system that expanded and survives into the contemporary era.[5][4] He wrote and compiled hymns into a Pothi (book) that ultimately helped create the Adi Granth.[8][9]
Amar Das remained the leader of the Sikhs till age 95, and named his son-in-law Bhai Jetha, later remembered by the name Guru Ram Das, as his successor.[4][10]
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Guru Amar Das (1479–1574) is the third Guru and was inaugurated in 1552 at the age of 73.
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